The Amazing Race 6

The Amazing Race 6
Season Information
Version:	United States
Continents Visited:	4
Countries Visited:	11
Cities Visited:	24
Distance Traveled:	40,000 miles (64,000 km)
Starting Line:	Buckingham Fountain, Chicago, Illinois
Finish Line:	Ping Tom Memorial Park, Chicago, Illinois
Filming Dates:	August 13, 2004 - September 12, 2004
Season Run	November 16, 2004 - February 8, 2005
Number of Legs:	12
Number of Teams:	11
Winners:	Freddy & Kendra
Runners-Up:	Kris & Jon Adam & Rebecca
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous:	The Amazing Race 5
Next:	The Amazing Race 7

The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004 and ended on February 5, 2005 on CBS.

Synopsis

The next 11 teams ready to globe-trot the world are at the starting gate awaiting the official start of the sixth edition of the Emmy Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE .

Production

In May 2004, CBS ordered the sixth installment of the show, despite the fact that The Amazing Race 5 had not yet aired. Early renewal was likely due to the success of the changes made in season 5. CBS also delayed the airing of season 6 until late in the fall and moved it out of its proposed Saturday time-slot, to create a "cool down" period between races, in the hopes that this would help continue the newfound ratings success.

Applications for The Amazing Race 6 were due on April 13, 2004. Semi-finalist interviews were held in May 2004 and final casting interviews were selected at Los Angeles in June 2004.

The sixth season of The Amazing Race was filmed between August and September 2004, for which they traveled 40,000 miles (64,000 km), spanning 10 different countries in four continents. The show moved to Tuesdays at 9 p.m., staying there for 2 more seasons.

American Airlines and Royal Caribbean International were the two official sponsors of the seasons and would provide the prizes awarded to first place teams on certain legs.

This season featured a visit to Sri Lanka, where filming occurred just a few months before the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The episodes aired after the earthquake had devastated the island nation and all of the sights and locations the teams had visited. A special message was narrated by Phil Keoghan at the beginning of the episodes featuring Sri Lanka, dedicating them to the victims and to those helping the recovery.

Twists/Changes

• Transportation from the Starting Line: Similar to the inaugural season, teams are required to use a public transportation to the nearest airport.
• Superleg: A Superleg consisted of 2 legs formed into one Double-Length Leg with a rest period midway throughout the leg. It is first appeared in Leg 6.
• Roadblock: Another big change from the previous seasons where teams had a maximum number of Roadblocks performed by a team member without restrictions. Now, both team members would have at least a limit of six Roadblocks each throughout the Race. This format has subsequently become a traditional norm for future seasons, including international versions.
• Yield: A Yield is now reduced to three per race. It allows any one team to force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time.
• Rules and Penalties:
  • A team grabs an extra clue would incur a 30-minute penalty.
  • A team takes the other teams' car would also incur a 30-hour penalty.
  • A team member fails to complete the Roadblock would incur a 4-hour penalty.

Teams

1st place  Freddy & Kendra Engaged Models	2nd place  Kris & Jon Dating Long-Distance	3rd place  Adam & Rebecca Formerly Dating	4th place  Hayden & Aaron Dating Actors	5th place  Lori & Bolo Married Pro Wrestlers
6th place  Jonathan & Victoria Married Entrepreneurs	7th place  Gus & Hera Father/Daughter	8th place  Don & Mary Jean Grandparents	9th place  Lena & Kristy Sisters	10th place  Meredith & Maria Best Friends
11th place  Avi & Joe High School Buddies

Episodes

Episode		Air Date	Leg	Destination	First Place	Last Place	Finish	Viewership (millions)	Ratings/Share (18-49)
1	"The Game's Afoot"	November 16, 2004	1	United States → Iceland	Hayden & Aaron	Avi & Joe	1st Eliminated 11th Place	11.80	5.0/12
2	"I'm Not His Wife, He Doesn't Need to Scream at Me"	November 23, 2004	2	Iceland → Norway	Kris & Jon	Meredith & Maria	2nd Eliminated 10th Place	11.50	4.7/12
3	"Counting Bears Is Not Rocket Science"	November 30, 2004	3	Norway → Sweden	Hayden & Aaron	Lena & Kristy	3rd Eliminated 9th Place	11.84	4.8/12
4	"What If It Isn't Sanitary"	December 7, 2004	4	Sweden → Senegal	Kris & Jon	Don & Mary Jean	Non-Elimination Leg	11.72	4.6/12
5	"Quit Following Us"	December 14, 2004	5	Senegal → Germany	Freddy & Kendra	Don & Mary Jean	4th Eliminated 8th Place	10.70	4.1/10
6	"They Should Probably Have Some Counseling"	December 21, 2004	6	Germany → Hungary	Freddy & Kendra	Lori & Bolo	Ordered to Continue Racing	10.70	4.0/12
7	"Phil Is a Choo-Choo Charlie"	December 28, 2004	None	Recap Episode				10.10	3.8/10
8	"One of You, I'm Gonna Break in Half"	January 4, 2005	6	Hungary	Lori & Bolo	Gus & Hera	5th Eliminated 7th Place	10.66	4.4/10
9	"Tell My Mom I Love Her"	January 11, 2005	7	Hungary → France	Adam & Rebecca	Hayden & Aaron	Non-Elimination Leg	11.07	4.3/10
10	"Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling?"	January 18, 2005	8	France → Ethiopia	Hayden & Aaron	Jonathan & Victoria	6th Eliminated 6th Place	10.61	4.1/9
11	"It Always Comes Down to Details"	January 25, 2005	9	Ethiopia → Sri Lanka	Kris & Jon	Lori & Bolo	7th Eliminated 5th Place	12.03	4.7/11
12	"You Deal with This Before I Hyperventilate"	February 1, 2005	10	Sri Lanka → China	Hayden & Aaron	Adam & Rebecca	Non-Elimination Leg	12.01	4.6/11
13	"4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles"	February 8, 2005	11	China	Kris & Jon	Hayden & Aaron	8th Eliminated 4th Place	12.62	5.2/13
			12	China → United States	Freddy & Kendra	Adam & Rebecca	3rd Place
						Kris & Jon	2nd Place

Leaderboard

This chart shows each teams ranking per leg according to their official check in at the Pit Stop. However, time penalties issued before the start of the next leg due to improperly performed tasks are not reflected here.

Place	Team	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6		Leg 7	Leg 8	Leg 9	Leg 10	Leg 11	Leg 12	Average
							1st Half	2nd Half
1	Freddy & Kendra	4	8	6	5	1	1	6	2	4<	3	2>	2	1	3.67	6-6
2	Kris & Jon	2	1	2	1	4	5	2	4	3	1	3	1	2	2.17	6-6
3	Adam & Rebecca	7	6	5	6	6	6	5	1►	5>	4	4<	3	3	4.58	6-5
4	Hayden & Aaron	1	4	1	4	3	4	4	6	1	2	1	4		2.82	5-6
5	Lori & Bolo	6	5	7	3	7	7	1►	3	2	5				4.33	5-3
6	Jonathan & Victoria	5	2	4	2	2	3	3	5	6					3.63	4-4
7	Gus & Hera	10	3	3	7	5	2	7							5.83	3-3
8	Don & Mary Jean	9	7	8	8	8									8.00	2-2
9	Lena & Kristy	3	9	9											7.00	1-1
10	Meredith & Maria	8	10												9.00	0-1
11	Avi & Joe	11													11.00	0-0
Notes			[1][2]	[3]			[4]				[5]		[6]		[7]
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Fast Forward pass > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield
Notes: 1: Freddy & Kendra initially arrived 6th, but they were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking an extra clue after the Viking ship task, stated to take only one clue from the cluebox per each team. Adam & Rebecca and Don & Mary Jean checked in during their penalty time, dropping them to 8th. 2: Don & Mary Jean had arrived in 7th place in Leg 2, but they mistakenly drove the car that belonged to Adam & Rebecca. They left in 8th place at the beginning of Leg 3 after they were issued a 30-minute penalty, while Freddy & Kendra now departed in 7th place. 3: Lena & Kristy failed to complete the Roadblock in Leg 3. After more than 2 hours passed since the last team checked in at the mat and over 10 hours of searching, Phil came out to the Roadblock location and eliminated them. 4: Leg 6 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point. The leg's Fast Forward was offered after the halfway mark, and thus permitted Lori & Bolo to skip only the second set of challenges. 5: Adam & Rebecca initially arrived 2nd, but were not allowed to check in as they had not completed the additional task of swimming the length of the pool. As they swam the length of the pool, Hayden & Aaron and Freddy & Kendra checked in during this time, dropping Adam & Rebecca to 4th place. 6: Hayden & Aaron initially arrived 3rd, just ahead of Adam & Rebecca, but were issued a 4-hour penalty for quitting the Roadblock. Both Rebecca and Hayden almost had to quit the Roadblock because the last gondola down the mountain was about to leave; however, at the time Rebecca opened her lock and successfully completed the Roadblock, they checked in during the penalty time, thereby dropping Hayden & Aaron to last place; which resulted in their elimination. 7: The finishes in the first half of the superleg in Leg 6 are not counted as part of the average. Only the final finish in the leg is counted toward the average.

Trivia

Franchise Records

• First time visits to Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Senegal, Hungary, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka.
• First season to have a superleg.
  • The superleg was created by accident as Leg 6 in Hungary was originally planned to be a Non-Elimination Leg, with the last team to arrive being stripped of their accumulated money. However, producers learned that begging is illegal in Hungary, which would have made it almost impossible to collect any money. To avoid this, they instead combined this leg with the intended Leg 7.
• Least amount of all-male teams, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race 5, The Amazing Race 12, and The Amazing Race 29).
• First season to have winning prizes on every leg.
• Introduction of the Roadblock limit wherein each team member may not perform more than six Roadblocks.
• First season to have the same-gender teams eliminated in the first three legs.
• This was the first time that the final eight teams were co-ed teams.
• Second season (after Season 5) where all the final three teams are co-ed teams.
  • Coincidentally in both seasons, all the final three teams were in "love relationships".
• This season set a record that seven out of 11 teams were in "love relationships".

US Records

• One of two standard-format seasons to have no teams returning in The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007).
• The first season with the most couples in love, 7 (tied with The Amazing Race 15).
• Second season in which the race began and ended in the same city (after The Amazing Race 1).
  • First time that the race did not begin on either the West Coast or the East Coast.
• First season that the Finish Line was located in a Midwestern state of the United States.

Reception

• Korey Karnes at Chicago Tribune (12/03/2004): "Smart 'Race' continues to amaze"
• Scott D. Pierce at Deseret News (02/15/2005): "Amazing couple seeks Phil's help"

External links

• CBS.com - The Amazing Race 6